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A Special Visitor

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On Tuesday afternoon we will have a very special visitor coming to meet the children in Room 1.  Skippy, a newly-born orphaned lamb, will be popping into school with Mrs Will’s father who is a crofter.  We are delighted to have the opportunity to learn more about Spring lambs and to see Skippy getting bottle-fed.  We are also going to have the opportunity to pet our very friendly lamb and learn more about life on a small croft.

In terms of health and safety, an extensive risk assessment has been carried out and is available for you to look at if you require.  We will wash our hands thoroughly, both before and after the visit, and the children will have a discussion about staying safe and looking after the lamb prior to her visit.  If you would like to see a copy of the Risk Assessment that has been carried out, please speak to Mrs Will for a copy.

Although we have a record in school of all pupil allergies, please can you inform us, in writing, if your child is allergic to straw, hay or animals.  Likewise, if you would prefer your child not to touch the lamb, please let Mrs Will know before Tuesday afternoon.

We will take lots of photographs of our exciting afternoon, so be sure to come back and visit our class blog to see them.

Parent Info, Weekly Letters

Week beginning 21.03.16

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P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are m and p. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.

Common Words – This week our words are live and give.  P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday.  P1s and P2s have now got Common Word Wall 4  in your Common Word Book or your Home/School Book.  These words will be assessed in school, but please use them to practise at home.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday. Some children have a new word list in their Home/School Book which will continually be assessed in school, but please use it to help you practise the new reading words at home.

Phonics – This week we are continuing the sounds of ch as in chop and chest.

In class we do lots of word making activities, so ask your child to show off their knowledge to you. Why not try getting them to set out their sounds into alphabetical order and asking them to spell a range of 3 letter words, along with oo words (moon, pool, foot, book), ai words (pain, train, jail, nail), oa words (toad, goat, moan), ee words (seed, weed, feet, street) and or words (torn, storm, fork).

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. These new ch words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday. Please remember to practise the two common words as well as these can often trip the children up.

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be introduced to coins and will progress on to addition of money.

Our topic for the next few weeks will be ‘Festivals and Special Days’.  We will be learning about the Easter Story this week.

Parent Info, Weekly Letters

Week beginning 14.03.16

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P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are r and n. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.

Common Words – This week our words are just and were.  P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday.  P1s and P2s, please keep practising the common word walls 1, 2 and 3 in your Common Word Book or your Home/School Book.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday. Some children have a new word list in their Home/School Book which will continually be assessed in school, but please use it to help you practise the new reading words at home.

Phonics – This week we are continuing the sounds of sh as in shop and fish.

In class we do lots of word making activities, so ask your child to show off their knowledge to you. Why not try getting them to set out their sounds into alphabetical order and asking them to spell a range of 3 letter words, along with oo words (moon, pool, foot, book), ai words (pain, train, jail, nail), oa words (toad, goat, moan), ee words (seed, weed, feet, street) and or words (torn, storm, fork).

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. These new sh words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday. Please remember to practise the two common words as well as these can often trip the children up.

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be working on 3D shape and Data Handling.

Our topic for the next few weeks will be ‘Festivals and Special Days’.  We will be learning more about Spring and will discover lots about St Patrick’s Day.

Parent Info, Weekly Letters

Week Beginning 7.3.16

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P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are h and k. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.

Common Words – This week our words are play and with.  P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday.  P1s and P2s, please keep practising the common word walls 1, 2 and 3 in your Common Word Book or your Home/School Book.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday. Some children have a new word list in their Home/School Book which will continually be assessed in school, but please use it to help you practise the new reading words at home.

Phonics – This week our sounds are sh as in shop and fish.  The sounds will be put in the sounds envelope at the front of the pink book and can be used to make words along with the other letter sounds.

In class we do lots of word making activities, so ask your child to show off their knowledge to you. Why not try getting them to set out their sounds into alphabetical order and asking them to spell a range of 3 letter words, along with oo words (moon, pool, foot, book), ai words (pain, train, jail, nail) and oa words (toad, goat, moan).

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. These sh words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday. Please remember to practise the two common words as well as these can often trip the children up.

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be working on 2D and 3D shape.

Our topic for the next few weeks will be ‘Festivals and Special Days’.

Parent Info

World Book Day

 

The three authors nominated for Scottish Children Book Awards.
The three authors nominated for Scottish Children Book Awards.

World Book Day this year is on Thursday 3rd March 2016. We are celebrating this day in school in various ways.

  • The children should come to school dressed as a character from a book and bring the book with them if possible.
  • Each child should try to bring in a wooden spoon sometime over the next few days so we can make puppets.
  • Extreme reading competition – can you take a photo reading a book in an unusual or unexpected place? There will be a prize for the winner.
  • Signed book raffle – raffle tickets will be on sale to win signed copies of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards books.
Weekly Letters

Week Beginning 21.02.16

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This week we welcome our PGDE Student Mr Campbell.  He will be with us in Room 1 until March 24th so please make him feel welcome at Abbotswell School if you spot him in the corridors or outside in the playground.

Open Afternoon – Wednesday 24th February 3.00-4.00pm for Room 1.

P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are y and j. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.

Common Words – This week our words are much and have. P1s, please complete the homework from last week and this week in the white book for Thursday. P1s and P2s, please keep practising the common word walls 1, 2 and 3 in your Home/School Book.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday. Some children have a new word list in their Home/School Book which will continually be assessed in school, but please use it to help you practise the new reading words at home.

Phonics – This week our sounds are oo as in spoon and tool. The sounds will be put in the sounds envelope at the front of the pink book and can be used to make words along with the other letter sounds.

In class we do lots of word making activities, so ask your child to show off their knowledge to you. Why not try getting them to set out their sounds into alphabetical order and asking them to spell a range of 3 letter words, along with oa words (boat, goat, coat, float), ai words (pain, train, jail, nail) and ie words (tie, cried, lie).

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. These oo words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday.

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be working on subtraction. Primary 1 will be using doubles for subtraction (e.g. 4 – 2 = 2, 10 – 5 = 5) and Primary 2 will be learning about difference (e.g. Find the difference between 5 and 3).

Our topic for the next few weeks will be ‘Festivals and Special Days’.

 

Weekly Letters

Week beginning 15.02.16

This is our short 2 day week, with the school closed for pupils on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  We hope you all enjoy the mid-term break and look forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Reading – the children will get a new book on Thursday.

Phonics – there will be no new sound this week. We will revise previously taught sounds.

Common Words – our words for this week are saw and went. The homework for P1 will be in the white book on Thursday and should be completed for Friday. Word wall 3 is now in the books for both P1 and P2 to revise at home.

Writing – there will be no handwriting homework this week.

Maths – we will continue with subtraction and our Big Maths as last week.

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Shrove Tuesday

On Tuesday we met with our Book Buddies in P5 to learn about Shrove Tuesday and Lent. We drew pancakes, coloured in pictures, listened to a story and of course, made and ate pancakes!  What a great afternoon we had!

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Open Afternoon

A huge thank you to all the adults who attended our open afternoon last Wednesday. We enjoyed having the opportunity to show you around our classroom and play zone so you could see all the things we get up to.